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Uganda Defense Force Soldiers First to Earn Air Load Planner Certification

Uganda Defense Force Soldiers First to Earn Air Load Planner Certification

Uganda Defense Force Soldiers First to Earn Air Load Planner Certification

12:00 AM9/27/2010

A U.S. Army Africa (USARAF) organized Africa Deployment Assistance Partnership Team (ADAPT) recently trained, and for the first time ever, certified 25 soldiers of the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) as C-130 aircraft load planners in Entebbe,

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NAVEUR-NAVAF Hosts Final APS 2011 Planning

NAVEUR-NAVAF Hosts Final APS 2011 Planning

NAVEUR-NAVAF Hosts Final APS 2011 Planning

12:00 AM9/14/2010

Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, together with 25 African and European partner countries hosted a week-long final planning conference for Africa Partnership Station (APS) 2011 East and West, starting September 8, 2010.

The

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Kenyan Military and Government Ministries Respond to Potential Disasters

Kenyan Military and Government Ministries Respond to Potential Disasters

Kenyan Military and Government Ministries Respond to Potential Disasters

12:00 AM8/25/2010

Participants of Kenya's National Pandemic Disaster Response Tabletop Exercise began the collaborative portion of the event, August 25, 2010, testing their ability to work together as a nation and respond to potential disaster scenarios. Read more

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Team Conducts Successful Equipment Offloaded for SHARED ACCORD '10

Team Conducts Successful Equipment Offloaded for SHARED ACCORD '10

Team Conducts Successful Equipment Offloaded for SHARED ACCORD '10

12:00 AM7/27/2010

A joint team of six service members, along with privately contracted dock workers, successfully offloaded and staged 262 pieces of gear from the BELUGA FUSION, a Liberian flag ship, in support of Exercise SHARED ACCORD, July 25, 2010 in Maputo.

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Nigerian Air Officials Observe Mass Casualty Exercise

Nigerian Air Officials Observe Mass Casualty Exercise

Nigerian Air Officials Observe Mass Casualty Exercise

12:00 AM7/22/2010

Thirteen members from Nigeria's military and civilian aviation authorities visited Indianapolis June 21-25, 2010 to observe a mass casualty exercise conducted by the Indianapolis Airport Authority (IAA). The event, which served as the IAA's

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Pandemic Disaster Response Exercise Closes in Benin

Pandemic Disaster Response Exercise Closes in Benin

Pandemic Disaster Response Exercise Closes in Benin

12:00 AM6/30/2010

Participants of U.S. Africa Command's West Africa Disaster Response Exercise summarized lessons learned and discussed ways ahead, June 25, 2010, wrapping up the five-day event in Cotonou, Benin.

Attending closing day briefings and

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Air Force Colonel Receives Presidential Honors in Zambia

Air Force Colonel Receives Presidential Honors in Zambia

Air Force Colonel Receives Presidential Honors in Zambia

12:00 AM6/1/2010

U.S. Air Force Colonel Keith Andrews was awarded the President's Medal of Gallantry during an Africa Freedom Day ceremony in Lusaka, Zambia May 25, 2010 for his act of heroism saving two young Zambian women from likely death in the Zambezi

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Army Medical Researchers in Kenya Mark World Malaria Day 2010

Army Medical Researchers in Kenya Mark World Malaria Day 2010

Army Medical Researchers in Kenya Mark World Malaria Day 2010

12:00 AM4/27/2010

Hundreds of local people in Kisumu, Kenya gathered April 25, 2010 at Kit Mikayi primary school to mark World Malaria Day with educational skits, songs and dance.

Among them was Lieutenant Colonel Maria Bovill, director of U.S. Army

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Re-entering the Water: Liberia's New Coast Guard

Re-entering the Water: Liberia's New Coast Guard

Re-entering the Water: Liberia's New Coast Guard

12:00 AM4/16/2010

A small team from the newly formed Liberian Coast Guard successfully launched, for the first time, a Zodiac boat off of Bushrod Island, the historic home of the Liberian maritime forces, March 25, 2010.

The event was historic for the

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Africa Partnership Station Medical Humanitarian Outreach Team Provides Care in Liberia

Africa Partnership Station Medical Humanitarian Outreach Team Provides Care in Liberia

Africa Partnership Station Medical Humanitarian Outreach Team Provides Care in Liberia

12:00 AM4/14/2010

U.S. Navy and Army personnel, attached to a Humanitarian Civic Assistance (HCA) medical team, provided medical and veterinary assistance to Liberian citizens from April 5-25, 2010, as a part of Africa Partnership Station (APS) West.
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All-hands Honors Hard Work of AFRICOM Team

All-hands Honors Hard Work of AFRICOM Team

All-hands Honors Hard Work of AFRICOM Team

12:00 AM2/25/2010

General William E. "Kip" Ward, commander, U.S. Africa Command, held a meeting with command staff members February 25, 2010, at the Kelley gym.

Awards and thanks were given at the start of the all-hands meeting to honor those who

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Tunisians Visit Germany in Preparation for April Exercise

Tunisians Visit Germany in Preparation for April Exercise

Tunisians Visit Germany in Preparation for April Exercise

12:00 AM2/22/2010

A group of Tunisian officers traveled to Ramstein, Germany, January 20-25, 2010 to work with 17th Air Force (U.S. Air Forces Africa) on preparations for an upcoming medical exercise focusing on potential response to mass casualty weapons or

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U.S. Air Forces Africa Senior Leaders Visit Algeria

U.S. Air Forces Africa Senior Leaders Visit Algeria

U.S. Air Forces Africa Senior Leaders Visit Algeria

12:00 AM2/3/2010

Bilateral discussions, a C-130J static display, and media roundtable event comprised the agenda for U.S. Air Forces Africa's latest senior leader engagement visit to Algiers, Algeria January 25-27, 2010. Major General Ronald R. Ladnier,

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U.S. 6th Fleet Aids in Ethiopian Airlines Search and Rescue Efforts Off Coast of Lebanon

U.S. 6th Fleet Aids in Ethiopian Airlines Search and Rescue Efforts Off Coast of Lebanon

U.S. 6th Fleet Aids in Ethiopian Airlines Search and Rescue Efforts Off Coast of Lebanon

12:00 AM1/25/2010

At the request of the government of Lebanon and U.S. Department of State, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Africa, U.S. 6th Fleet, is coordinating assets in support of search and rescue efforts off the coast of Lebanon, January 25, 2010. Read more

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Natural Fire 10: Joint Multinational Exercise Ends with Strong Emphasis on Partnership, Cooperation

Natural Fire 10: Joint Multinational Exercise Ends with Strong Emphasis on Partnership, Cooperation

Natural Fire 10: Joint Multinational Exercise Ends with Strong Emphasis on Partnership, Cooperation

12:00 AM10/29/2009

Major General William B. Garrett III, U.S. Army Africa commanding general, declared Exercise Natural Fire 10 a success at the exercise's closing ceremony on October 25, 2009 in Entebbe, Uganda.

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Navy Diver Visit Helps the Gabonese Navy Assess its Future Dive Capability

Navy Diver Visit Helps the Gabonese Navy Assess its Future Dive Capability

Navy Diver Visit Helps the Gabonese Navy Assess its Future Dive Capability

12:00 AM10/7/2009

Service members with the Gabonese Navy completed a three-day Dive Program Orientation and Demonstration led by two U.S. Navy divers from Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) in Libreville, September 25, 2009.

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Exercise Africa Endeavor Brings Together 25 African Nations

Exercise Africa Endeavor Brings Together 25 African Nations

Exercise Africa Endeavor Brings Together 25 African Nations

12:00 AM10/1/2009

A mid-morning ceremony September 29, 2009, marked the beginning of Africa Endeavor 2009, an annual joint combined communications exercise sponsored by U.S. Africa Command, supported by the African Union and, this year, hosted by the Armed Forces of

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Health Experts Attend First U.S. Africa Command Surgeon's Component Conference

Health Experts Attend First U.S. Africa Command Surgeon's Component Conference

Health Experts Attend First U.S. Africa Command Surgeon's Component Conference

12:00 AM8/27/2009

More than 50 medical experts from throughout the Department of Defense and other U.S. government organizations came together in Garmisch, Germany, for the first U.S. Africa Command Surgeon's Component Conference, August 25-29, 2009.
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APS, Swift Deliver Project Handclasp Supplies in Togo

APS, Swift Deliver Project Handclasp Supplies in Togo

APS, Swift Deliver Project Handclasp Supplies in Togo

12:00 AM8/27/2009

Africa Partnership Station (APS) Swift delivered two pallets of medical supplies as part of Project Handclasp to the local Red Cross in Lome, Togo, August 25, 2009.

Ambassador to Togo Patricia McMahon Hawkins, Togolese Red Cross

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WARD SENDS: Honoring our Service Members on Memorial Day

WARD SENDS: Honoring our Service Members on Memorial Day

WARD SENDS: Honoring our Service Members on Memorial Day

12:00 AM5/22/2009

On Memorial Day, May 25, 2009, Americans honor all veterans past and present and pay special tribute to fallen service members in a variety of ways. Flags are placed on graves of American service members in cemeteries around the world; families

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